Rank Em! Backspacer
Johnny Abruzzo
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It's time for the 9th Rank Em! Today is Backspacer. This is probably the 268th thread in the last few months about determining the best song(s) on Backspacer, but so be it. I don't have any b-sides to go with it - just the 11 songs on the album. Should be a little easier than some of the other ones (although I haven't decided on mine yet).
Here are the songs to rank:
Gonna See My Friend
Got Some
The Fixer
Johnny Guitar
Just Breathe
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known
Supersonic
Speed of Sound
Force of Nature
The End
Final Results (35 votes in total)
1 Unthought Known 290 pts (16 1st place votes)
2 Amongst the Waves 264 (6)
3 Got Some 228
4 Just Breathe 226 (7)
5 The Fixer 169 (1)
6 Force of Nature 164 (5)
7 The End 131
8 Gonna See My Friend 128
9 Johnny Guitar 126
10 Supersonic 116
11 Speed of Sound 83
Here are the songs to rank:
Gonna See My Friend
Got Some
The Fixer
Johnny Guitar
Just Breathe
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known
Supersonic
Speed of Sound
Force of Nature
The End
Final Results (35 votes in total)
1 Unthought Known 290 pts (16 1st place votes)
2 Amongst the Waves 264 (6)
3 Got Some 228
4 Just Breathe 226 (7)
5 The Fixer 169 (1)
6 Force of Nature 164 (5)
7 The End 131
8 Gonna See My Friend 128
9 Johnny Guitar 126
10 Supersonic 116
11 Speed of Sound 83
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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Force of Nature
Unthought Known
Johnny Guitar
Amongst the Waves
Just Breathe
Got Some
The End
Gonna See My Friend
Supersonic
Speed of Sound (album version, not demo)
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Amongst the Waves
The End
Got Some
Gonna See My Friend
The Fixer
Just Breathe
Supersonic
Force of Nature
Speed of Sound
Johnny Guitar
1. Unthought Known (I almost dropped to #2 because of BoB piano treatment, but still awesome)
2. Force of Nature (this is climbing - almost got to #1 today)
3. Got Some (some of Matt's best work with Pearl Jam)
4. Amongst the Waves (kind of an attempt at another Given to Fly - close, but not quite)
5. Just Breathe
6. Supersonic (I think would've been a slightly better opener than GSMF, but I'm nitpicking here)
7. Johnny Guitar
8. GSMF
9. The Fixer
10. The End
11. Speed of Sound (definitely overproduced)
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Amongst the Waves
The End
Unthought Known
Speed of Sound
Johnny Guitar
The Fixer
Force of Nature
Got Some
Gonna See My Friend
Supersonic
For me, the following have changed. Just Breathe continues to grow on me. Got Some has fallen, not a huge fan relative to the other material. The Fixer has climbed up from the bottom. Unthought Known, although still in my top grouping, has slipped a bit. Speed of Sound has grown on me, even with the lasers.
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2. The End
3. Just Breathe
4. Speed of Sound
5. Got Some
6. Supersonic
7. The Fixer
8.Amongst the Waves
9. Force of Nature
10. GSMF
11. Johnny Guitar
Pretty tough album to rate in that it's pretty consistent without many standout songs. Unthought Known is definitely my favourite song on it but the others were all hard to place. The album version of Speed of Sound still sounds weird after the demo, especially those booming drums, but it's one of the more memorable tunes on the album for me.
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2. Got Some
3. Johnny Guitar
4. Amongst the Waves
5. The Fixer
6. Just Breathe
7. The End
8. Gonna See My Friend
9. Force of Nature
10. Supersonic
11. Speed of Sound
2. Supersonic
3. Amongst the Waves
4. Just Breathe
5. Got Some
6. Johnny Guitar
7. The Fixer
8. The End
9. Force of Nature
10. Gonna See My Friend
11. Speed of Sound
Wow, this was much harder than I thought it would be. I did find it easier to rank low-to-high rather than high-to-low, though.
My top 6 could shuffle on any given day, really. Even right this second I'm not sure if it's right! :?
1. Just Breath
2. Got Some
3. Unthought Known
4. Amongst the Waves
5. Force of Nature
6. Supersonic
7. The Fixer
8. Gonna See My Friend
9. The End
10. Johnny Guitar
11. Speed of SOund
Johnny Guitar
Got Some
Force of Nature
Just Breathe
The Fixer
Supersonic
Unthought Known
The End
Speed of Sound
Gonna See My Friend (one of the worst PJ songs ever)
Amongst the Waves
Gonna See My Friend
Just Breathe
The Fixer
Unthought Known
Got Some
Johnny Guitar
The End
Speed of Sound
Supersonic
Bonnaroo 6/14/08 Spectrum 10/30/09 Spectrum 10/31/09 Atlanta 9/22/12 Wrigley 7/19/13
Baltimore 10/27/13 Charlottesville 10/29/13 Charlotte 10/30/13 OKC 11/16/13
St. Louis 10/03/14 Greenville 4/16/16 Hampton 4/18/16
Columbia 4/21/16 Wrigley 8/18/18
Amongst the Waves
The Fixer
Just Breathe
The End
Force of Nature
Got Some
Johnny Guitar
Supersonic
Gonna See My Friend
Speed of Sound
Montreal 10/04/00
Toronto 10/05/00
Toronto 06/28/03
Kitchener 09/11/05
Ottawa 09/16/05
Toronto 08/21/09
Toronto 09/11/11
Ottawa 09/14/11
Buffalo 10/12/13
Ottawa 05/08/16
Chicago 08/20/18
Ottawa 09/03/22
Nashville 09/16/22
Johhny Guitar
Amongst the Waves
Just Breathe
Got Some
The fixer
Gonna See My Friend
Supersonic
I cant rate Force of Nature, Speed of Sound, or the End because I cant listen to them anymore. They bore me to tears.
Amongst the Waves
Gonna See My Friend
Got Some
Force of Nature
Unthought Known
Speed of Sound
The Fixer
Supersonic
Just Breathe
The End
Johnny Guitar
blasphemer
Why not? What about the sick new EP?
Unthought Known
Force of Nature
Amongst the Waves
Got Some
The Fixer
Supersonic
Johnny Guitar
Gonna See My Friends
Just Breathe
Speed of Sound
The End
Also, Backspacer is by far my least favorite album PJ has produced. Riot Act is 20x the album Backspacer is IMO.
I love it. It's 100% improvement over the suck-fest that was Avocado.
It would be fun to do Avocado & Backspacer over again with some extra songs in there, wouldn't it?
Not to sound utterly stupid, but what does "IMO" mean?
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Amongst the Waves
Got Some
Force of Nature
Gonna See My Friend
The Fixer
Just Breathe
The End
Speed of Sound
Supersonic
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Ok, that was easy.
Why do I feel personally offended when people rip on Avocado? It's not like I made the album. Anyways, IMO, Avocado is totally awesome!
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Yes, thank you Johnny Abruzzo. I feel the same way about the Avocado. Riot Act too. Im sick of all the Riot Act haters.
Okay, got off topic. This threads for ranking Backspacer, not complaining about the complainers of previous albums.
2) Unthought Known
3) Got Some
4) Johnny Guitar
5) Gonna See My Friends
6) Force of Nature
7) The Fixer
8) Speed of Sound
9) Just Breathe
10) Supersonic
11) The End
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This place is dead
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2. Amongst the Waves
3. Unthought Known
4. The End
5. Gonna See My Friend
6. Got Some
7. The Fixer
8. Supersonic
9. Speed of Sound
10. Force of Nature
11. Johnny Guitar
2. Unthought Known
3. Got Some
4. Amongst the Waves
5. Just Breathe
(Everything else is pretty weak)
6. The End
7. Force of Nature
8. Johnny Guitar
9. Gonna See My Friend
10. Speed of Sound (way overdone/the demo is the true gem of this album)
11. Supersonic (...)
Amongst the Waves
The End
Gonna See My Friend
Got Some
Johnny Guitar
Just Breathe
Speed of Sound
The Fixer
Force of Nature
Supersonic
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known
The Fixer
Just Breathe
The End
Speed of Sound
Johnny Guitar
Got Some
Supersonic (good rockin' song, can't listen to it for some reason)
Gonna See My Friends (worst intro, in my opinion)
Would Got Some and GSMF be better switched around in track listing? Pearl Jam is great at deciding song order, but I just don't like GSMF as an intro.
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St. Louis 5/4/10 Hope for many more!
2. Got Some
3. Johnny Guitar
4. Just Breathe
5. The End
6. The Fixer
7. Unthought Known
8. Force of Nature
9. Speed of SOund
10. Supersonic
11. Gonna See My Friend
Los Angeles 10.7.2009
2. Gonna See My Friend
3. Johnny Guitar
4. Amongst The Waves
5. Supersonic
6. The Fixer
7. Just Breathe
8. Supersonic
9. Unthought Known (don;t understand the fascination... great lyrics... droney music)
10. Got Some
11. The End (not my bag, great lyrics again though...)
2. Amongst the Waves
3. Just Breathe
4. The End
5. Got Some
6. Speed of Sound
7. supersonic
8. The Fixer
9. Gonna See My Friend
10. Force of Nature
11. Johnny Guitar